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Thursday, 13 June 2013

A Mindful Journey...Day 5

"There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the Western breath of go-to-the-devil-if-you-don"t like it, the eternal big spaceness of it. Oh the West! I'm of it and I love it." -Emily Carr *Hundreds and Thousands, 1966*(a card in my mail box yesterday from a certain Noisy Plume to brighten my day!)these are the gifts of sisterhood*5 am

Morning Meditation

"Finding Balance"

of course there are no accidents...

As of yesterday I have been feeling unbalance

too much chewing on some events of the day

I head out after meditation

for a bike ride "around the world"

with my pup.

I was in my head.

chewing chewing

How do I move from mind to heart

As I bike in the early morning;

my shoes and pants getting wet

from the morning dew on the tall field grass;as the Herons fly above and sit on the waters edgeas the eagle flies over head;

I ask for guidance from Creatoras I look at the bounty of CreationI know where to go to for the assistance I needI want to change the name of this journeyfrom mindfultosoul-fullI don't want it to be about the listsor the to dosThough there are things to accomplishit is not the doing that mattersit is the learning, the opening, the growingbecause of doingthat is my focus.I breathe deep as I take in the beautythe natural beauty that has nothing to do with manand I knowI can move past the chatter in my headI know I can be guided outand by the end of the 10 km rideI am finding my way out.9:00amHatha Yoga(this is my favorite yoga class)today our class focuses on purificationthe process of purification and what the meant to each of usbeautifulI could feel myself breaking freeand it was during this practicethat I decidedtodayI am Eagle

So through the rest of the dayI flewhigh in the skywind in my facethe feeling of feathers again my skinrising above all that would distractall that would weigh down

Today I was Eagleand I soared.

tonight I enjoy a glass of Malbecand some tvtomorrow I begin a weeks fast with my sistersat SouLodge...thank you for walking this trail with meloveliesWhat has been on your trails today? Love and Light

With delight, I whispered "Emily Carr" when I turned to you today. ( oh, that Plume )I ride my bicycle everywhere in the summer. Freeing, isn't it?I've been in the presence of hummingbirds lately. That's not the norm around here. But, I wouldn't want it any other way! So, I am a Hummingbird. Hovering in place.Looking for contentment. I'll be looking for you, Eagle, soaring west. Yer the one with curly feathers, right? X

love love love the riding of the bicycle....feels freeing indeed!Love that Humming Bird has come to visit you bringing you joy and beauty, even in the brokenness of life. A Spiritual message for you sister as you walk this road with your brother, I have no doubt.yesI am the one with the curly feathers...how did you know? ; )

Going Deeper...

A Little about Me...

Mother to The Young Blood and Nuclear Banana* Friend to an exceptional husband*Creator's Child* Medicine Woman*Spiritual Feminist*Holder of Sacred Space*Freedom Warrior*Wild Woman*Dissident Daughter*Soul Fire Messenger*Story-Teller*Keeper of the Staff and Lantern, Knower that what we do here matters...

ReWilding Retreats...the place for rebirth

Soul Quest Workshops and Retreats

The Photo Shop

quotes that resonate...

"The world will know and understand me someday. but if that day does not arrive, it does not greatly matter. I shall have opened the way for other women." ~George Sands

"I have a new command for you. As I have loved you, so you must love others. "~Jesus

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul...you have a heart." ~C.S. Lewis

"Humankind has not woven the web of Life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. all things are bound together. all things connected." ~Chief Seattle, 1854

If ever there comes a time when the women of the world come together purely and simply for the benefit of mankind, it will be a force such as the world has never known."~ Matthew Arnold

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”~ Buddha

"The world will be saved by the Western woman....Some people will call me a feminist...but we need more effort to promote basic human values-human compassion, human affection. And in that respect, females have more sensitivity for others' pain and suffering." ~Dalai Lama

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." ~Anatole France

Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a feild. I'll meet you there. ~Rumi

"Those who seem to know more truth than you simply reflect the part of you that has forgotten. They are your touchstones to remember." ~Alan Cohen

"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another;unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, resent, and the future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations." ~Anais Nin

"Process is more important than outcome. when the outcome drives the process we will only ever go to where we've already been. If process drives outcome we may not know where we're going, but we will know we want to be there." ~ Bruce Mau

“An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the children that whoever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took each others hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats. When he asked them why they had run like that when one could have had all the fruits for himself, they said, ‘UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?’ (‘UBUNTU’ in the Xhosa culture means: ‘I am because we are.)” Credit: +Sara Del Valle

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